How To Set Custom White Balance in DSLR camera

[jagsaiyan]

Whats the difference between using the 18% grey card rather than a normal white card? Is you use the grey card, aren't you telling the camera this grey is not grey but rather white?.. kinda confused on this white balance stuff. :(

[LearnMyShot]

@jagsaiyan there is no difference what shade of grey you use. Anywhere from pure white to pure black. anywhere on grey scale (as far as it not green or pink, or red, blue etc...)

[flutterbydragonfly]

Thank you!!

[est101010]

OR you can install Magic Lantern on your camera and adjust the white balance yourself :D

[Samyaza69]

Man how about a grey card?;) is better than white.. I use grey cards for wb and with great. Lightroom is a wonderful tool!

[LearnMyShot]

@Samyaza69 grey card is better in some cases. I often use all three, white black and grey. and see which works better with particular subject.

in this tut I just wanted to keep it simple. white is on warmer side and black is on cooler side , grey is in between

[ALPHADESIGNTAMPICO]

@LearnMyShot Isn't the same but easier to color correct the white balance on the computer?

[Samyaza69]

@LearnMyShot yes is better get all three of them, but as default I use grey cards. Nice videos by the way. Keep on good working!;)

[Tsentavr3]

you're amazing

[ALPHADESIGNTAMPICO]

Is it better to just adjust the white balance in software? Like with MAGIC BULLET COLORISTA or something like that? Is it the same?!

Love your tuts! Thanks a lot! :D

[aint4ever]

¸Which white balance setting should I use when taking a reference white/silver card image (before importing data for new custom balance)?

[LearnMyShot]

@aint4ever any setting, doesn;t matter

[ipwnyorass]

can i use a regular scrap paper instead?

[LearnMyShot]

@ipwnyorass that would be better than nothing

[manojative]

Can you fix the white balance after your shoot/trip, if you didn't click a picture of a white paper? (Canon 550D)

[TheMightyMagic]

@manojative yeah, only if you shot in raw mode.

[manojative]

@TheMightyMagic: thanks for your reply, actually, I have shot everything in RAW and I want to know how to fix the white balance in post editing.

[khashy87]

from which of the automatic white balance should you take the costume white balance from a gray card?

[iDraw3G]

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[kilroy238]

@iDraw3G You know you don't have to be insulting or even watch his videos. No one is forcing you to be here. Low class dude really low class.

[luxploded]

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[DrVMaker]

thank you

[MichelleKoebke]

I love the before and after shots!!

[vjdwn2play]

great tutorial, on my way to shoot now :)

[baliyahprathab]

hi could you please tell me what kind of paper you use for your simple photography and if i want to get where i can get ?? thank you and your pictures are awsome and please keep posting your videos , those are really good for beginners.

[LearnMyShot]

@baliyahprathab hi , the paper is h1000 vellum by clearprint 

[redman68au]

could you do a vid on greycard please. cheers

[michaelelias83]

do you stiil need to set up the wb if the image is shot raw and edited in lightroom later on?

[LearnMyShot]

@michaelelias83 yes, because then you would have to guess in Lightroom and set the color temperature by eye. Another thing I do I shoot a white or gray card in the beginning of the session by placing the card in front of model (or product) and i do it again if lighting was changed or wardrobe changed or set changed.... and then I use picker in lightroom on the grey card to set WB to entire set.

[factory89]

I have a Kodak EasyShare Z1285 do you know of anyway one could do white balance with just a point and shot type camera.

[LearnMyShot]

@factory89 -- you will not have a custom WB option but you have presets: menu>white balance > auto , daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, open shade .... so if auto doesn't do a good job- use presets to match particular lighting condition

[haji727]

I just found your website on the digital photography school site. I wish I had found this site a long time ago. I think I would be a lot better in my photography. Your instructions are simple and to the point, without a lot of gimmicks. You have a new subscriber.

[LearnMyShot]

@haji727 cool welcome aboard, well we just launched this year so you can catch up. We love DPS - we just met Darren a few week ago @ blogWorld Conference he is an amazing guy !!!

[haji727]

@LearnMyShot Thanks you very much. I am glad you are just starting so I will have a chance to catch up. DPS is a good site also. I have learned a lot from it also. I hope to learn a lot from your site in the future.

[zrsgamboa]

Hi Rob, just to add... aside from using a white card or an 18% gray card... you can also use the Kelvin setting in your camera's WB menu... not as accurate but it's there if you want to use it.

This menu is not available on Canon xx0D (Rebel series)... it's available only on x0D and xD series cameras. ('x' for the number variants).

For Nikon cameras the Dx, Dx00 & Dx0 series have the Kelvin selection, but I'm not sure for the Dx000 models... could someone verify that?

Cheers.

[LearnMyShot]

@zrsgamboa Good points!!! thank you for this info. you can probably get very accurate with that if you use color meter to measure light temperature

[QuarterCrawl]

Can I do this on a nikon d80 I just brought used?

[LearnMyShot]

@QuarterCrawl Yes you can! for exact steps look in the manual you can download one from nikon site if your camera didn't come with it

[FEARLFULL1]

thanks this helped me alot always wondered how to do that

[sonnyshaneannesley]

brillant thank you